WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;Nobel Winner Says Test Ban Seems Nearer

France's decision to resume nuclear testing may have brought a comprehensive test ban treaty closer, the man who won a Nobel Peace Prize last month for his anti-nuclear activities said at a conference on nuclear disarmament today.

Joseph Rotblat, who was awarded the prize for his campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons, said the protests over the French tests had brought unexpected positive spinoffs.

One of them is that it is now almost certain there will be a comprehensive test ban treaty next year," he said, adding that President Jacques Chirac of France had not predicted "the avalanche of protest all over the world."

France has exploded three nuclear tests in the South Pacific since September, which have led to worldwide condemnation.

Mr. Rotblat, who worked on the atomic bomb during World War II before turning against nuclear weapons, said assurances by governments that nuclear weapons prevented wars were false. He called for a complete ban on nuclear weapons.

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